The hugely anticipated return to Garth Nix's New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series. Lirael is no longer a shy Second Assistant Librarian. She is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting; with dead creatures to battle and Free Magic entities to bind. She's also a Remembrancer; and wielder of the Dark Mirror. When Lirael finds Nicholas Sayre lying unconscious after being attacked by a hideous Free Magic creature; she uses her powers to save him. But Nicholas is deeply tainted with Free magic and Lirael must seek help for him at her childhood home; the Clayr's Glacier. But even as she returns to the Clayr; a messenger is trying to reach Lirael with a dire warning from her long-dead mother; Arielle; about the Witch with No Face. But who is the Witch; and what is she planning? Once more a great danger threatens the Old Kingdom; and it must be forestalled not only in the living world; but also in the cold; remorseless river of Death. Praise for Garth Nix: 'Sabriel is a winner . . . a world with the same solidity and four-dimensional authority as our own; created with invention; clarity and intelligence' Philip Pullman; author of the His Dark Materials series 'One of the best worldbuilders in fantasy . . . I love the Old Kingdom series' Brandon Sanderson 'There is no joy like returning to the Old Kingdom . . . Nix sets the standard for fantasy' Leigh Bardugo 'One of the greatest living fantasy writers . . . I will never get enough of the Old Kingdom' Sarah J. Maas